China-Africa and an Economic Transformation

by Oqubay, Arkebe; Lin, Justin Yifu

• ISBN13: 9780198830504
• ISBN10: 0198830505
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-06-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Arkebe Oqubay, Minister and Coordinator of Economic Sectors and Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia,Justin Yifu Lin, Dean, Institute of New Structural Economics, and Professor and Honorary Dean, National School of Development, Peking University, China

Arkebe Oqubay is a Minister and Senior Adviser to the Ethiopian Prime Minister and has been at the centre of policymaking for over twenty five years. He is a former Mayor of Addis Ababa and Minister of Works and Urban Development. He currently serves as board chair of several leading public organisations and international advisory boards. He is a research associate at the Centre of African Studies in the University of London. His work includes Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia (OUP, 2015); African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, and Policy (OUP, 2019); and The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy (OUP, 2019). He was recognized as one of the 100 most influential Africans of 2016 and a 'leading thinker on Africa's strategic development' by the New African for his work on industrial policies.

Justin Yifu Lin is Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics and Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the World Bank, 2008-12. He is a councillor of the State Council and a Member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and is the author of more than twenty books including Beating the Odds: Jump-starting Developing Countries; Going Beyond Aid: Development Cooperation for Structural Transformation; The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off; New Structural Economics: A Framework for Rethinking Development and Policy; Against the Consensus: Reflections on the Great Recession; and Demystifying the Chinese Economy.

Table of Contents

Part I: China's Rise and the Changing Global Development Discourse
1. Introduction to China-Africa and an Economic Transformation, Justin Yifu Lin and Arkebe Oqubay
2. China's Economic Emergence and Implications for Africa, Linda Yueh
3. The Meanings and Global Externalities of China's Economic Emergence, Celestin Monga
Part II: Evolving China-Africa Relations: Context, Perspectives, and Framework
4. China-Africa ties in Historical Context, David H. Shinn
5. Evolving Debates and Outlooks on China-Africa Economic Ties, Chris Alden
6. The Institutional Framework of Sino-African Relations, Ian Taylor
7. Chinese Loans and African Structural Transformation, Deborah Brautigam
8. China's Development Finance and African Infrastructure Development, Richard Carey and Jing Gu
Part III: The Dynamics of China-Africa Economic Ties
9. The Changing Dynamics of Chinese Oil and Gas Engagements in Africa, Cyril Obi
10. The Political Economy of China's Investment in Nigeria: Prometheus or Leviathan?, Omolade Adunbi and Howard Stein
11. Agreements and Dispute Settlement in China-Africa Economic Ties, Won L. Kidane
12. Labour Regimes and Workplace Encounters Between China and Africa, Carlos Oya
Part IV: China and Africa's Economic Transformation
13. China's Light Manufacturing and Africa's Industrialization, Justin Yifu Lin and Jiajun Xu
14. Catalyzing China-Africa Ties for Africa's Structural Transformation: Lessons from Ethiopia, Fantu Cheru and Arkebe Oqubay
15. The Future of China-Africa Economic Ties: New Trajectory and Possibilities, Justin Yifu Lin and Arkebe Oqubay